Vending-cabinet.



.ZZ'IGEZ O. JAEGER.

VENDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

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VENDING CABINET.

APPLIOIATION FILED NOV. 1, 1912.

Patented June 30,1914.

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VENDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1912.

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VENDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,' 1912.

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VENDING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. P te ted June'30, 1914 Application filed November 1, 1912. Serial o. 728,992.

To all whom it mai concern Be it known that I, Ono J AEGER, of Non deposit a coin in a coin-receiving slot. 15

vending device wherein the storage recep- An object of the invention is to provide a tacles are arranged in separate series or groups, each of which series or groups is separatelycontrolled, and each controll ng means is operated by an independent device,

which operating devices include as a common element a com of a predetermined de-.

nomination.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invengure I, is a front view of a cabinet applied thereto. Fig. II, is a rear View thereof. Fig. III, is a view showing in side elevation the mechanism which releases the controlling devices for the receptacles and the relation of the same to the cabinet. Fig. IV, is an enlarged view partly in section, and partly in side elevation, showing the manner in which the coin becomes an ele-- ment of the operating devices. Fig. V, is a vertical sectional view centrally through the cabinet and the storage receptacle thereof. Fig. VI, is a transverse section on the line 1' holding the closing mem- The invention consists generally of a cabinet in which is formed a plurality of groups of storage receptacles, in which articles may be placed, and these storage receptaclesm each groupeare separately covered by'a sliding mem III, showing in plan ther which is counterbalanced sothat when released, said slidingmember will.

be moved to uncover the receptacles one at a time. This sliding member is released by alocking device which ismanually controlled. There is, of'course, a locking device for the sliding member of each group. Each locking device is provided with a manually con.- trolled operating mechanism, whichv is so constructed that a coin of given denomination may be made an element of either locking device, and asingle coinchute delivers the coin to said operating devices' 7 Referring more in detail to the drawings, thelilVGIlt-IOH consists of a'cabinet 1, which is formed with a front face 2, side walls 3.

This cabinet, as clearly shown in Fig. V, is provided with a group of storage receptacles 5, and a second group of storage receptacles 6. These storage receptacleseach consist of a suitable casinghaving horizontal partitions 7 ,formin -separated receptacles 8, in

which the goods to be vended [are placed.

Each horizontal partition is slotted, as at 9, and a bracket 10, is adjustably attached to the horizontal partition by a suitable connection with the slot therein. This, bracket may be adjusted toward and from the front of the receptacle, so as to provide a suitable rear wall or stop for thearticles. I The rear ends of the casings for the groups 5, and 6, are closed by doors 11.

As clearly shown in Fig. V, of the draw- -ings,-articles indicated at 12, maybe placed in each receptacle in the group 5, Wh1le articles of a ditferentcliaracter and indicated at 13, may be placed in each of the storage receptacles of the group 6. Each of these storage receptacles opens at the front wall in the cabinet.

The storage receptacles in group 5, are covered by a sliding member 14, which is mounted to slide in suitable ways in the front wall of the casing. This sliding member is attached at its upper end to a cord 15, which passes over suitable pulleys 16, and 17, and is attached to. a weight 18. The

weight 18 is preferably so proportioned as. to slightly overbalance the sliding'member '14, iso=th'at said' sliding member unless restrained from movement, will be held in its raised posit-ion.

: -The stora e receptacles in group 6, are

closed b a s lding member 19, which-moves upward y to cover said -receptacles,.and. as

it moves downwardly said receptacles are uncovered one eta time. This sliding riiem: ber 19, is also suitably counterbalanced, so as to prevent its dropping as a dead weight, but said counterbalance, is so proportioned that when said sliding member is released, it will drop, so as to uncover said receptacles.

Atttached to the counterbalance 18, is an indicator 20, which is located on the outside of the cabinet, as indicated in Fig. II. A group of numerals at 21-, is used to indicate the position of the sliding member relative to the receptacles. In other words, when the pointer 20, stands at zero, the receptaclesl are all uncovered; when it stands at 3, as indicated in Fig. ll, then three of the receptacles are uncovered and empty, as indi-. cated inFig. V. A suitable pointer 22, is also attached to the counterbalance for the sliding member 19, and this pointer 22, col operates with a group of numerals 23, for a similar purpose.

The sliding members 14, and 19, are pref-l erably formed with a glass panel, so that the articles being vended may be observed through said sliding members. when the receptacles are closed. I have also provided a glass panel 24, in the front of the cabinet,

- which covers sample storage compartments 25, and 26. The goods vended from the casing or storage receptacle 5, may be placed in the sample storage compartment 25, while the goods vended from the casing or storage receptacle 6, may be placed in the sample storage receptacle 26. The sliding member It 14, is formed on opposite sides thereof with teeth 27, which are staggered relative to one another. Cooperating with these teeth 27, is a locking lever 28, which is pivoted at 29, to the cross partition at the upper end of the storage receptacle 5. A spring 30, normally swings said lever on its pivotal support, so as to bring the finger 31, into the path of movement of the teeth 27, on the left of the sliding member 14. A finger 32, is also carried y the locking and when Said locking lever is swung in the opposite direction, said finger will be moved into the path of the teeth on the'right of the sliding member 14. This locking dog is formed with slots 33, in which are placed screws 34, which serve to guide the locking lever as it swings upon its pivotal support. The lever is swung on its support by a slide 35, which is provided with slots 36, which engage screws 37, carried by the main casing, and said slide is provided at its end with a roller, which engages the cam incline 38, on the locking lever 28. When this slide is moved to the left as shown in Fig. III, the locking lever 28, will be swung on its pivot in the direction of the arrow in Fig. Vl. When however, the slide 35, is released, then said locking lever will be swung in the opposite dir'ection'by the sprihgBO.

From the above, it will be noted that when the slide is moved endwise or to the left, as shown in Fig. III, the sliding member 14, will be released, so that the counterbalance will move the same until the tooth on the right engages the locking finger 32. As soon as the slide 35, is released, the locking dog 28, will swing in the opposite direction, releasing the tooth on the right .and the finger 31, will engage the' next tooth on the left. By this es'capement movement or re leasing of the sliding member by the locking lever, said sliding member is allowed to move a suflicient distance to uncover a single receptacle. That is to say, the teeth on the left of the sliding member are spaced a proper distance for permitting such movement. The sliding member 19, for the storage compartment 6, is also provided with similar teeth but which face in the opposite direction, and said slide is controlled .by a locking lever 39. which is similar in all respects to the locking lever 28. A spring 40, moves said locking lever 39, in one direction, and a slide 41, moves said locking lever in the opposite direction. The slide 35, is provided with a screw or pin 42. A bell crank lever 43, is pivoted at 44, to the casing, and is adapted at one end to engage said pin 42. A link 45, is connected to thefree end of the bell crank lever and extends downwardly and is connected to one end of a swinging lever 46. As herein shown, the link 45, is provided with a turn buckle, whereby said lever may be adjusted as to length.

The lever 46, is pivoted at 47, to the casing, and the other end thereof is provided with a pin 48, which extends through a slot 49, in a coin chute 50. The slide 41, carries a pin or screw 51. A lever 52, is pivoted at 53, to the casing, and is forked at its lower end so as to engage said pin or screw 51. The upper end of the lever is provided with a pin 54. which extends through a slot 55, in the coin chute 50. Said coin chute is also provided with a horizontal cross bar 56. The pins 48, and 54, are similarly positioned on opposite sides of the cross bar 56, and extend in the same general direction as said cross bar. A coin chute 57, is adapted to deliver a coin into the pocket formed by the pins 48, 54, and the cross bar 56. Said coin will rest on the cross bar and against said pins.

A plu'nger58 is mounted to reciprocate in a bracket 59, carried by the casing. Said plunger is formed with a V-shaped head 60,

and is normally spring pressed so as to hold said head in contact with the bracket by a, spring 61. The outer end of the plunger lies in the path of one arm of a bell crank lever 62, which is pivoted at 63, to the casing. The other arm of the bell crank lever is pivoted to a link 64, which in turn is connected to one arm of a bell crank lever 65, pivoted at 66. to the casing. The other arm of the bell crank lever 65, has a sliding head thereof will strike the coin indicated "ati'69, in Fig. IV, and move said coin to connection with a push rod 67, which extends through the front of thecabinet and is provided with a push button 68. 'When said push button 68, is pushed toward the cabinet, the rock lever 65, ismoved about its pivotal support, the link 64, is moved endwise, and the plunger 58, moved in its supporting bracket, through the rocking of the bell crank lever 62. As this plunger 58, is moved out of. the'bracket, the V-sha-ped the left, off from the supporting bar 56. This movement of the coin will cause the in 48, to swing outward in the slot 49. This movement of the pin 48, swings the lever 46, moves the link 45, and through the bell crank lever 43, will reciprocate the slide 35, so as to swing the locking lever A lunger 70, is mounted to reciprocate in a bracket 71, and is also formed with a Y- shaped head 72, adapted to engage the com 69, on the opposite side from the pm 54. This plunger 70, is moved endwise, so as to hold the V-shaped head against the bracket by a coiled spring 73. The plunger is moved in the opposite direction by a bell crank lever 74, which is pivotally connected with a push rod 75, carrying a push button 76. When the push button 76, is pressed toward the cabinet, the bell crank 74, will be rocked, the plunger 70, moved forward, the coin'69, engaged and moved to the right, off from the bar 56, and this movement of the coin will force the pin 54, outwardly in the slot 55, swing the lever 52, move the slide.41, and thus swing the locking lever 39, to release the sliding member 19.

From the above description, it will be apparent, that I have provided a manually controlled operating device which includes as an element a coin which is common to each of the devices, so that a single coin may be inserted in the coin chute 57, and the operator may release the slidlng member for the upper receptacles, 0r said operator may push the other button and release the sliding member for the lower receptacles. Thus by the use of a single coin chute and the same coin, the operator may take his choice as to which of the group of articles to be vended he wishes to purchase. After, however, having made his selection, and operated the push button to uncover the receptacle in one of the groups, 1t w1ll be impossible to operate the releasing lever for the other group without dropping a second coin into the coin chute, for the reason that the coin after havingmoved the pin which controls the lever locking the sliding member, will drop from the bar 56, into the chute 50,. and pass to a suitable receiving drawer not shown. The coin chute 57, extends upwardly and thence forwardly to the front of the casing. A coin-receiving slot 77, is formed in ,the casing. A guard 78, extends inwardly from the receiving slot. A roller 79,- is located at the lower end of the slot. :Aretaining bar 80,

extends in front of the slot, and prevents the insertion of a coin'unless said bar is swung away from the slot. This bar is secured to the -'lower end of an arm which is pivoted at 81, to a lever 82, which in turn is pivoted at 83, to the'casing. Said lever is formed with an arm which extends to a point adjacent the upper end of the coin slot 7 7 and said arm carries a roller 84. A locking member 85, is ivoted at 86, to the casing and at 90, to t e outer end of the lever 82, and is formed with a lip 87, which is adapted to engage the bar 80. If a coin the same, thus raising the bar80, above the lip 87, after which a further movement of the coin untothe receptacle will swing the bar back over the top of the li 87, and allow the coin to dro into the chute. A spring 88, connects the outer end of the lever 82, with the outer end of the locking member 85. This mechanism for preventing an improper coin from being inserted in the coin chute, forms, however, no part of the present invention, but is more fully shown and described in my Patent- No. 1,007,873, dated November 7th, 1911.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made,- without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A vending apparatus including in combination, storage receptacles arranged in separate groups, a sliding member for each group for uncovering said receptacles one at a time, independent means for releasing said sliding members, and separate manually controlled devices for causing a coin'to operate one or the otherv of said independent. releasing means.

2. A vending apparatus including in combination storage receptacles arranged in respective groups, a sliding member for each group for uncovering said receptacles one at .a time, independent releasing means for each sliding member, a coin-supporting bar, a chute for delivering a coin to said supporting bar, and separate manually controlled devices for causing the coin to 1% mower each movable member, a coinsupporting bar, a chute for delivering a coin to said supporting bar, a push member, and means controlled thereby for moving the coin in one direction from said bar and for operating the releasing means for one of said movable members, and a second push member and means operated thereby for moving the coin in the opposite direction from said supporting bar, for operating the releasing means for the other movable member.

4. A vending apparatus including in combination, storage receptacles arranged in separate groups, a sliding member for each group for uncovering said receptacles one at a time, independent releasing means for each sliding member, a coin supporting bar,

a chute for delivering a coin to said sup porting bar, devices for releasing one of said sliding members, including a member extending across the plane of the coin on the supporting bar, devices for releasing the other sliding member, including a member extending across the plane of the coin and located on the opposite side thereof, a push member and means controlled thereby formoving the coin in one direction from said bar for engaging the member extending across its path, and for moving said memher to release said sliding member, and a second push member for moving the coin in the opposite direction from said bar for engaging the member extending across its path and for moving said member to release the other sliding member for covering the storage receptacles.

5. A vending apparatus including in combination storage receptacles, a sliding member for covering said storage receptacles, means tending to move said sliding members to uncover said receptacles, means for intermittently releasing said sliding member for uncovering one receptacle at a time, said means comprising teeth carried by said sliding member, a locking lever eoiiperating with said teeth, a spring for moving said locking lever in one direction to disengage the same from the sliding member, a movable member for shifting the locking lever in the opposite direction against the tension of the spring to release said sliding member, a rocking member connected to said movable member, a coin support, and a push member arranged to move the coin in one direction against said rocking member to actuate said movable member.

6. A vending apparatus including in combination storage receptacles, a sliding member for covering said storage receptacles, means tending to move said sliding member to uncover said receptacles, means for. intermittently releasing said sliding member for uncovering one receptacle at a time, including a locking lever, fingers carried by said locking lever and extending at each side of said sliding member, teeth on the sliding member, cooperating with said locking lever, a slide for rocking said locking lever, a. rock ing member connected to said slide, a coin supporting bar, a pin supported by said rocking member and extending across the plane of a coin on said supporting bar, a plunger for engaging the coin for moving the same from the bar and against said pin for rocking said member to swing the locking lever.

7. A vending apparatus including in combination storage receptacles, a sliding member for covering said storage receptacles, means tending to move said sliding member to uncover said receptacles, means for intermittently releasing said sliding member for uncovering one receptacle at a time, including a locking lever, fingers carried by said locking lever and extending at each side of said sliding member, teeth on the sliding member, cooperating with said locking lever, a slide for rocking said locking lover, a rocking member connected to said slide, a coin supporting bar, a pin supported by said rocking member and extending across the plane of a coin on said supporting bar, a plunger for engaging the coin for moving the same from the bar and against said pin for rocking said member to swing the locking lever, a spring for moving the plunger in one direction, and a push button and devices connected thereto for moving said plunger in the opposite direction.

In testimony whereof. I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this thirtieth day of October, 1912. 

